The internet is a sham.

Lucy the Girl in the Window

Help David find Lucy, please. Distribute this link as far as possible and maybe it'll work out for them. The internet shouldn't only ruin people's lives!

Labels: internet, meme, relationships

posted by Afshin @ 5:04 AM   0 Comments

Farewell, Sportsracers

The Show with Ze Frank is over today. Take care, sportsracers. Maybe I'll see you in the ORG. I'm Afshin. And now that Ze isn't thinking so we don't have to, we have to do it for ourselves.

In other news, TimesSelect is available for free for people with .edu email addresses.

Labels: internet, media

posted by Afshin @ 6:27 PM   0 Comments

Advertising Cross-Pollination

Maybe I haven't been paying enough attention, but this is the first time I can remember seeing an MSN advertisement on Google:

With the increasing animosity between the two Leviathans, how does this fit in the grand strategy?

Labels: advertising, business, internet

posted by Afshin @ 3:58 AM   0 Comments

Through Being Cool

At times consciously, at times unconsciously, I have been censoring my music consumption. I've been using last.fm for about a year now and I think I've been too concerned with appearances. At first, I just tried to cut out classical music and podcasts (because I don't think they would really contribute to usage statistics that are meaningful to me - I want to know what people with similar pop music interests are listening to . . . if I want to listen to anything else, I can just ask Kara). But as time passed, I found myself stopping the last.fm plugin when I was listening to music that I thought would "taint" my statistics. I think this admission is probably more embarrassing than the music I listen to, but it needed to be said. So, ironically enough, I'm starting the plugin today with a song off Saves the Day's "Through Being Cool" record. And yes, that "sham" label applies to me. The truth hurts, sometimes.

Labels: internet, music, sham, technology

posted by Afshin @ 6:10 PM   0 Comments

'Weird' headline

Does anybody understand why this Los Angeles Times article's headline: "'Illegal' Transit Strike Puts New Yorkers Out in the Cold," has the word "illegal" in quotation marks? This isn't even an editorial, it's just supposed to be reporting on the transit strike. I thought the illegality of the strike was quite clear.

Sham update
Rocketboom mentioned that the link in my previous entry was being examined by Snopes, but the results were still inconclusive. Well, Kara pointed out today that conclusive results are now available. The French dude was not "online" dating his own mother . . . but the internet is still a sham.

Labels: internet, media, sham, transit strike

posted by Afshin @ 3:38 AM   0 Comments

Oedipus Redux

I don't think I've said this in a while, but: The internet is a sham. (via Rocketboom)

Labels: internet, online dating, sham

posted by Afshin @ 3:40 AM   0 Comments